land
The part of Earth which is not covered by oceans or other bodies of waterThe part of Earth which is not covered by oceans or other bodies of water.
» America is a land of immigrants.
Америка — страна иммигрантов.
Америка - країна іммігрантів.
Meaning
18 senses(countable, uncountable)The part of Earth which is not covered by oceans or other bodies of water.
Most insects live on land.
Land, Länder
земля́zemljá, зе́млиzémli, су́шаsúša
земля́zemljá, су́шаsúša
the solid part of the earth's surface
(countable, uncountable)Real estate or landed property; a partitioned and measurable area which is owned and acquired and on which buildings and structures can be built and erected.
There are 50 acres of land in this estate.
Land, Länder
земля́zemljá, недви́жимостьnedvížimostʹ, земе́льная со́бственностьzemélʹnaja sóbstvennostʹ
the land on which real estate is located
(countable, uncountable)A country or region.
They come from a faraway land.
Land, Länder
страна́straná, земля́zemljá, крайkraj
краї́наkrajína, земля́zemljá
the people who live in a nation or country
(countable, uncountable)A person's country of origin and/or homeplace; homeland.
Vaterland
(countable, uncountable)The soil, in respect to its nature or quality for farming.
wet land
good or bad land for growing potatoes
Land, Länder
земля́zemljá
(countable, in compounds, often, uncountable)Realm, domain.
I'm going to Disneyland.
Maybe that's how it works in TV-land, but not in the real world.
a domain in which something is dominant
(countable, uncountable)The ground left unploughed between furrows.
(countable, uncountable)Any of several portions into which a field is divided for ploughing.
(Ireland, colloquial, countable, uncountable)A shock or fright.
He got an awful land when the police arrived.
(countable, uncountable)A conducting area on a board or chip which can be used for connecting wires.
(countable, uncountable)On a compact disc or similar recording medium, an area of the medium which does not have pits.
(countable, uncountable)The non-airline portion of an itinerary. Hotel, tours, cruises, etc.
Our city offices sell a lot more land than our suburban offices.
Examples
1658 sentencesAmerica is a land of immigrants.
Америка - країна іммігрантів.
ruАмерика — страна иммигрантов.
Taking off is easier than landing.
Злітати простіше, ніж приземлятися.
ruВзлёт проще посадки.
deAbheben ist einfacher als Landen.
What time is your plane landing?
Коли приземляється твій літак?
ruВо сколько приземляется твой самолёт?
The duke holds a lot of land.
Герцогу належить багато землі.
ruГерцог владеет многими землями.
deDer Herzog besitzt viel Land.
All this land is owned by Tom.
Вся ця земля належить Тому.
ruВся эта земля принадлежит Тому.
Translations
9 languagesBy meaning 2
By meaning 4
By meaning 2
Origin
From Middle English lond, land, from Old English land, from Proto-West Germanic *land, froFrom Middle English lond, land, from Old English land, from Proto-West Germanic *land, from Proto-Germanic *landą (“land”), from Proto-Indo-European *lendʰ- (“land, heath”).
From Middle English *land, from Old English hland. More at lant.
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Forms
plural: landsSynonyms
24 synonyms- the solid part of the earth's surface:dry landearthgroundsolid groundterra firma
- material in the top layer of the surface of the earth in which plants can grow (especially with reference to its quality or use):groundsoil
- agriculture considered as an occupation or way of life:farming
- the people who live in a nation or country:nationcountry
- United States inventor who incorporated Polaroid film into lenses and invented the one step photographic process (1909-1991):Edwin H. LandDin LandEdwin Herbert Land
- extensive landed property (especially in the country) retained by the owner for their own use:estatelanded estateacresdemesne
Word family
303 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable
Collocations
12 patterns- lot of land
- bought some land
- acres of land
- piece of land
- owns this land
- sell my land
- all this land
- this land is
- some land
- plane landed
- earth's land
- of the land